Heartland's GEMSTAR is awful...

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  • Heartland's GEMSTAR is awful... - Ohio MT
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tragedy. I read on a website 2 seperate stories of how the Amish are dealing with this. Yes, they are sad, but they believe that they will (and I do too) see their children again and that they are in a much better place. They have reached out to the gunman's family, visiting the killer's wife and children and offering them forgiveness. I also read that they want to "help" the gunman's family monetarily through a Mennonite fund if they need help! The article contrasted the Amish to other school tragedies where lawsuits were filed and death threats were made against the family members of the ones who committed the murders!

They are such graceful, loving people. Different, yet. Weird? In a way. But you have to admit that without electricity or vehicles to get them around, they obviously live a faith that most of us could only wish we had inside of us. I am a Christian. If a madman entered my children's school and killed them, could I offer forgiveness to their family? I doubt it. Could I weep in peace and silence knowing that I would someday see my children again? Maybe. But I would be a wretched mess and everyone around me would KNOW my suffering.

I am learning a great deal about the Amish through this. I used to live near PA where seeing the Amish was a regular occurrence. I thought they were so crazy and weird.....But, it was my own ignorance that made those judgments. They are wonderful, Godly people. I admire them more and more as I continue to read how they are dealing with this awful event!

Wondering if anyone has heard anything new on the sale of Heartland. I currently work for them and at times I can be worried about my job. I work as usual, but cannot help for wondering how safe my job is.

I seen a couple things on Heartland even some old ones saying they were over seas owned, which is not true. They are owned by HCR Manor Care and based out of Toledo, Ohio.

Anybody work for them?  Any info on them would be appreciated.  thanks!

Spheris purchases Heartland Information Services.. more to come later in the week

I have read all about the difficulties with MQ here.  Anyone here have any experience working for Heartland Information Services. 

Thanks

 and as long as we have MTStars.....it will not become a thing of the past so quickly!!!  Thanks MTStars!!! 

I think I have had enough! Yes, I admit, I currently work for Heartland and truly thought they wanted a domestic team. I didn't think much of the managment changes and truly thought we (domestic MT team) would be okay even if HIS was sold, well think AGAIN!

We are being fed a load of crap from the new President (Dennis Paulik)!! The below was sent to me annoynomously. I think that all US-based MTs for HIS should up and leave! Why wait, obviously, he has "other" intentions that don't include us - the USA TEAM!!!!!!

Heartland Information Services, Toledo, Ohio, which employs 1,400 to 1,500 foreign transcriptionists in three cities of India, may help explain why. Dennis Paulik, Heartland's vice president of sales and marketing, says that HIPAA standards are applied to all transactions, including anything outsourced. The company leases private, transoceanic lines, so all transactions are encrypted from the time the information leaves the hospital, to the moment it is dispatched from Heartland's U.S. offices to a transcription center in India, until processing is complete and the medical transcript goes back to the hospital.

Paulik says he hears time and again that there aren't enough U.S. transcriptionists, and that those who do still work here are an aging population--the average trained American transcriptionist's age, he says, is about 59 years. It's one reason his company was formed, he says.

"You're going to have a growing need, and fewer transcriptionists," Paulik says. "It reinforces that point that people have just got to go overseas."

it's really not fair to tell people to get into this business when it's obvious there's big trouble and the S--- is just starting to hit the fan...

I think it is awful that you were treated this way.  I know how it feels to be treated as if I am no more important than the next best piece of equipment.  The thing is, they did it because they could.  This is a learning experience for all of us; whenever we make any agreements for extra help, then we must have solid written contracts to indicate the limitations.  I wonder if it would also be a good idea to insert a clause into an original contract with the client (or for the next client) that indicates that you require a minimum of work before they go and hire additional help on the accoun?.  Give them the out of "negotiable", but they will have to discuss any changes with you before adding more MTs to the account for which you have a binding contract. 

I am not a lawyer, but this is my 2 cents.

but NOTHING like what you experienced (maybe 3-5 minutes instead of almost immediately for me). 

So it probably really depends on where you live, etc., and no good way to predict just how bad it would really be. 

Were your ADT searches really bad too?  Probably took me twice as long as usual, so pretty frustrating, but not totally unbearable.  And the fact that the other reports were downloading in the background while I was working on the current one did make things go smoother than I had expected for the short period of time I lost my DSL and had to use dial-up. 

1.  First I tried a new skin cream to "firm" up. My face turned cherry red, burned, and itched. Nothing helped. My skin now feels like sandpaper.

2. The water pump went in the car.

3. My son was taken to the hospital and has developed a heart problem. He's only 38.

4. My phone-in dictation machine died today. Can't afford the high prices they're asking for another one. I only have 1 doctor and don't know what to do. Any ideas?

5. My husband is still not back to work.

Wish I could retire today!

If you think about how much money they spend on computers and equipment, shipment, they need to make sure they are not just hiring any joe who does not know what they are doing and can walk away with a free computer.  That explains the testing that goes on to get hired on with these companies. 

Not only that, being so remote, having so many MTs, they have no time to check references, or to know whether or not you are seasoned or how much experience you might have.  You could lie your way all the way into becoming an MT, they lose clients because of the lousy work from inexperienced MTs, lose money because of the thieves who just want a free pc. 

We seasoned MTs get lost in the blizzard of this.  They are just looking out for themselves, for good reason if you look at it from their perspective. 

to be this way.  I only wish your yard would have been dog proofed and this wouldn't have happened to your dog.  I know you tried to fix the fence, but apparently it wasn't fixed.  I would hire someone to fix it once and for all or dig down a couple feet and put chicken wire or plywood to stop them from digging and going under.  My sister did this around her chicken coop to keep the coyotes out and it worked.  I have two labs and I would never ever allow them to get out. 

I really am sorry for your loss and it is horrible.  I do feel, though, as responsible pet owners that we all should keep our animals in our own yards whether it is a lab or a pit bull.  I'm very sorry.